"I see..."
Amelia smiled and said slowly, "You can have this mental image, but you'll have to give something in return, right?"
Gale's face lit up with delight: "How much do you want? Of course, I hope the price won't be too high. It would be best if you sold it to our adventure team at the original price, so that you can also gain the friendship of our Baker Adventure Team."
"Money? I don't want money?"
"Then what do you want?"
“I need information about the Black Raven Adventurers,” Amelia said calmly. “If your adventurers can bring me the heads of members of the Black Raven Adventurers, then all the deals are negotiable.”
“The Black Crow Adventurers? I’ve never heard of them.” Gale was taken aback.
"Anyway, that's what I mean." Amelia said nonchalantly, "If you get any news, just leave your message at a newspaper. Hmm... let's choose the Red Maple Morning Post. If I see the report, I'll come to this place to meet you that evening. If I don't see it in time, I'll still come the following evening. Do you understand?"
Gail thought for a moment and said, "I understand. I will talk to the captain about this."
"That's good, let's go."
Amelia didn't say anything more, and left with Eileen.
At this point, Gale dared not follow any further. Only after Amelia and the other person disappeared from sight did he slowly leave, clutching his still-painful stomach.
……
On the way back, Eileen felt a bit conflicted.
She hadn't expected that at this crucial moment, Amelia would choose to ask someone else to inquire about the Black Raven Adventurers.
Was it necessary to go to such lengths for her?
"What are you thinking about? Don't overthink it. Let's go home first. It's getting late, and we need to get some rest when we get back," Amelia said with a smile.
“Yes, Miss.” Eileen nodded.
The two arrived at their residence in no time and entered the courtyard.
As soon as they entered the courtyard, Eileen suddenly raised her hand to block Amelia, while she looked up at a window of the house.
"What's wrong?" Amelia whispered.
“I remember that window over there was closed,” Eileen said, her tone becoming serious.
The closed window is now open?
Amelia also became alert.
She glanced at the comments section; the fact that the comments were still there at this point seemed to say something.
Comments only appear when there is a story unfolding. Boring content will not be included in the anime screen, so there will be no comments when the audience cannot see it.
"Miss, come with me, let's be careful."
As Eileen spoke, she tiptoed into the house.
Amelia followed.
The two entered the house, passed through the foyer, living room, and hallway, and soon heard some noises outside the bedroom, as if someone was rummaging through their drawers.
Before they could hear clearly, they heard light footsteps approaching from outside.
The two quickly retreated and hid in the shadows. They saw a person walk out of the bedroom. By the dim light, they could see that the person was probably a man, wearing a cloak and a hood, looking mysterious.
After leaving the bedroom, the man looked at the several doors next to him, quickly chose to enter the warehouse, and turned on the warehouse lights.
"Finally, I've found it. My diary was here all along. Now I can finally relax... Hmm? This is... this is a magic crystal cannon?"
The cloaked man seemed to have found what he was looking for, and his tone was full of surprise. But after the surprise, he was shocked by what he saw that was completely unexpected.
Just as the cloaked man was in shock...
"puff!"
The sound of flesh being torn apart rang out, and then the cloaked man felt a sharp pain in his body. Looking down, he saw a blood-stained sword tip protruding from his heart.
"You saw something you shouldn't have seen, so please continue on your way," Eileen's cold voice came from behind.
As soon as she finished speaking, Eileen drew her sword again, and the cloaked figure in front of her collapsed helplessly, his blood staining the ground red.
He is dead.
Amelia walked over and picked up a book that had fallen from the cloaked man's hand when he died.
“I think I found this book in a drawer when I was cleaning my bedroom. I didn’t pay much attention to it and just threw it in the storage room.” Amelia said thoughtfully, “Could this be a former tenant who realized they forgot something and came back specifically to look for it?”
“Even if he was a former tenant, he’s probably not a good person, because I smelled a strong stench of blood on him. And since he discovered the magic crystal cannon, he has no choice but to die,” Eileen said in a deep voice.
"The smell of blood? Actually, I don't think he's a good person either, otherwise why would he sneak in looking for something?"
Amelia then opened the diary in her hand and slowly began to read it.
At first, she seemed relaxed, but as she looked around, her expression turned serious. She never expected to find these contents in this diary.
Things are a bit more complicated than I imagined.
Chapter 60 The Red Moon Society
Through the diary, Amelia learned that the deceased was named Omar, but his surname was not mentioned.
Omar is no ordinary person; he is an apostle, and has even reached the level of a lower-ranking apostle. He worships the Crimson Moon and is skilled in death and curses.
In addition, Omar has another very important identity: he is a member of the Red Crescent Society.
The Red Moon Society is a notorious criminal organization, often associated with numerous killings and bloody incidents, making it even more infamous than the Iris Society.
“It’s the Red Moon Society. I’ve heard of this organization. Is this guy a member of the Red Moon Society?” Eileen’s expression turned serious as she read the contents of the diary.
If they are members of the Red Moon Society, then that explains why they carry a bloody aura.
The comments section became a bit more lively at this point.
Amelia glanced at the comments.
The Red Moon Society? That's a notorious criminal organization; killing their people is going to be troublesome.
[But we can't just let them go, can we? The magic crystal cannon has already been discovered.]
If I remember correctly, the gathering place of the Red Moon Society members is where the bloody rituals are performed. Is this particular member of the Red Moon Society simply passing through Beard, or is he planning to conduct a Red Moon Society ritual there with the rest of the group?
The Red Moon Society's rituals... just thinking about them makes me sick. The members of that organization are basically all psychopaths, creating bloodshed everywhere. How come they're still alive?
After reading the comments, Amelia looked at the follow-up to Omar's diary and frowned.
Judging from the diary, the Red Moon Society seems to be planning some terrible ritual in Beard City, which will cause a lot of bloodshed, and Omar is one of the participants.
In such a situation, if Omar were to disappear, the other members of the Red Moon Society would naturally notice, because the ritual would be incomplete without one person, and they would certainly search for Omar.
Through the diary, Amelia was also able to confirm that Omar was indeed the original tenant of this house. In other words, most of the other Red Moon Society members in Beard City also knew about this place. If Omar went missing, they would likely come to check on him.
As these possibilities surfaced in her mind, Amelia clenched her fists.
She just wanted to live a peaceful life, so why did she have to encounter such a thing?
Eileen hadn't thought that far ahead, but she still asked, "Miss Lily, what should we do next?"
"Let me think about it."
Amelia pondered that if this matter wasn't handled properly, she might not be able to continue being Miss Lily.
After thinking for a while, Amelia still couldn't come up with any ideas, so she could only pin her hopes on the comments. At this time, many people also expressed their opinions through the comments, and everyone had thought of the same questions that Amelia had thought of.
As Amelia looked at each question, her thoughts gradually became clearer.
“Regardless, let’s clean this place up first,” Amelia said to Eileen.
Eileen nodded.
They were very experienced in handling corpses. On their way to the Duchy of Luban, they dealt with many thieves' corpses. Although most of the time they would just bury them in the mountains, if there were too many corpses, they would choose to use a corpse-dissolving potion.
They obtained the corpse-dissolving potion by chance from a group of thieves. It can quickly melt a corpse, along with its bones, into liquid. It is an alchemical potion that is prohibited from being sold on the market.
Amelia had very little of this corpse-dissolving potion left, but now was the perfect time to use it.
Eileen carried the body to the yard and quickly dissolved it with a corpse-dissolving potion. After making sure there were no traces left, she returned and, together with Amelia, cleaned up the bloodstains on the ground.
After finishing these tasks, it was already late at night, and they were getting sleepy.
“Let’s go to sleep first,” Amelia said to Eileen. “According to the diary, it’s not time for the Red Moon Society members to gather yet. The rest of the Red Moon Society won’t immediately discover Omar’s disappearance. We still have plenty of time to deal with this.”
"So what should we do?" Eileen asked curiously.
“I already have an idea in mind, but I need to wait a little longer,” Amelia said, her eyes flashing.
In Eileen's eyes, Amelia had always been an extremely intelligent person, so since Amelia said she already had an idea, she wasn't too worried.
==========
The next day.
The weather wasn't very good today; thick, dark clouds covered the sky, making the temperature in the entire city of Beard much lower. Red maple leaves drifted in the autumn wind and eventually fell to the ground.
Eileen, dressed in a black and white maid outfit, came out of the house, went to the mailbox by the door, took out the Luban Morning Post and the Red Maple Morning Post, and then went back into the house.
Since settling in, Amelia has subscribed to various newspapers, including the Luban Morning Post, the Red Maple Morning Post, the Starlight Noon Post, the Lady's Daily, the Luban Evening Post, the Red Maple Evening Post, and so on. However, the other newspapers are not delivered in the morning.
In this world without the internet, reading newspapers helps Amelia stay informed about information from various places.
Eileen took the newspaper back to the restaurant and handed it to Amelia, who was sitting there eating breakfast.
"Eileen, your egg burgers are getting better and better, and your milk is getting even better too," Amelia said with a smile when she saw Eileen.
"Miss Lily is joking. My cooking skills are actually quite average."
"Eileen, you sometimes need to have some confidence in yourself."
Amelia said that she had already brought the Luban Morning Post, but after thinking about it, she changed it to the Red Maple Morning Post.
She first glanced at the entire Red Maple Morning Post, and soon her eyes were drawn to the comments section in the corner.
These kinds of comment sections are usually reserved by newspapers for people to pay for and leave messages. Similar comment sections exist in major newspapers and are considered one of the newspapers' sources of income.
The message board is filled with all sorts of messages, from declarations of love to greetings, and it also serves as a primary area for various factions to exchange messages using coded language.
Amelia noticed a line of information that caught her attention.
"Ladies whose faces we do not know, we have found the adventure group you are looking for. It comes from the man who was punched last night. Let's meet at our usual place tonight."
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